Thanks for posting this.
I followed up with the council in January and this has resulted from that contact and various emails, so I'm happy about that.
We have also recently secured: Bega LGA and Bland LGA (West Wylong area). Mudgee is getting close as well and I hope their council agrees to it.
We're also chasing some areas around the Snowy mountains (east and west), Blayney, Eurobodella and Oberon.
Yass Shire council declined due to their being important fossil beds in the shire that they don't want to encourage people to visit by raising the profile of the shire as a fossicking destination.
All of these areas have been written to twice by the Department of Resources and Energy but unless we follow-up and directly lobby, many of them just don't bother with it.
Stephen
President
NAPFA